                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTIFICATION BY SPONSOR OF FIREARMS SHOW TO STATE POLICE AND LOCAL
LAW-ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES REQUIRED; RECORDS; PENALTY (§ 54.1-4201.1)

A. No promoter of a firearms show shall hold such show without giving notice at
least 30 days prior to the show to the State Police and the sheriff or chief of
police of the locality in which the firearms show will be held. The notice shall
be given on a form provided by the State Police. A separate notice shall be
required for each firearms show.
			&#8220;Promoter&#8221; means every person, firm, corporation, club,
association, or organization holding a firearms show in the Commonwealth.
			The promoter shall maintain for the duration of the show a list of all
vendors or exhibitors in the show for immediate inspection by any
law-enforcement authorities, and within five days after the conclusion of the
show, by mail, by hand, by email, or by fax, transmit a copy of the complete
vendor or exhibitor list to the law-enforcement authorities to which the 30-day
prior notice was required. The vendor or exhibitor list shall contain the full
name and residence address and the business name and address, if any, of the
vendors or exhibitors.

B. A willful violation of this section shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to firearms shows held in any
town with a population of not less than 1,995 and not more than 2,010, according
to the 1990 United States census.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 477; 2005, c. 193.